DERA GHAZI KHAN City News

Traders demand relocating congested vegetable market
From Our Correspondent
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Traders and wholesale dealers have demanded shifting the vegetable market, saying it has become congested and is unable to meet the requirements.
The traders said due to the small area of the existing market, most of the vehicles loaded with fruits and the vegetables are parked on the roads that not only hamper the traffic but also interrupts business.
The vegetable market was established at an end of the city near Pul Piarey Wali some 30 years ago, keeping in view the demands of traders and the availability of the space near old general bus stand. Interestingly, the general bus stand was shifted to new location in Muslim Town 14 years back but the vegetable market is still there.
The traders are of the view that with the passage of the time, the volume of the business has grown manifold but the available space is insufficient.
The vegetable and the fruit market is serving as a base camp for the produce from Balochistan as most of the fruits and vegetables from the remote and the fertile hubs of the province are brought to Dera Ghazi Khan from where these are then sold and transported to the other parts of the country.
The local traders say they have invested millions of the rupees with the farmers of Balochistan for which they are bound in market their produce by striking deals with the dealers from the rest of the country. The market has great potential with a capacity to grow, they added.
Some traders have suggested shifting the market to Multan Road where state land is also available and have appealed Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif for the purpose. They demanded the government to allocate the land, adding that the traders would also contribute for its beautification and upgradation for making it one of the best vegetable markets of the country.